Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-01-29
Doos AND a PAAHo4.
stories Of sixty ago Years which are still
worth Knowing.

Stories Of sixty ago Years which are sim
worth Knowing.
-aI have read the stories about animals
that are so fashionable In the daily pa
pers nowadays" writes a man, who
agns himself sold Fogy," IN letter to
the historian Of the Boston Record, shut
they are all pretty thin. Even the sea
serpent is a warmed over reptile. In
my youth was accustomed to reading
stories Of animals that were worth while.
Here are couple that 1 have kept IN
my scrap book. One Of them I pasted
there IN the year 1919 and the other
about 1911, when I was IN college.
The FIRST is related by Sir William
Temple and Is about Brazilian parrot
which Prince Maurice met In his travels
81 had a mind, " said Sir William, 'sto
know from Prince Mauriee's own mouth
the account Of a common and much cred
tied story Of an old parrot he had seen
in Brazil during his government there,
that spoke, and asked and answered
questions Ike a reasonable creature.
Prince Maurice said that there was some
thing true but a great deal false OF what
had been reported. He had heard Of
such a parrot when ne went to Brazil,
and though he believed nothing Of It,
and it was a good way on, he had the
curiosity TO send for it; that It was q
very great and very old one, and when
il came into the room where the prince
was with q good many DutchmeR alb lui
him it said, presently;
"What a company Of white zen are
here"
They asked what it thought that man
was. pointing to the prince. It an
sWered:
"Some general or other"
When they brought it close to him be
asked it:
whence came your"
The parrot-From Mirannan.
The Prince-To whom do you be
long9
The perrot-To Portuguese
The princs-What do you do there
The parrot look after the chickens
The prince laughed and said
''YOu look after the chickensY"
The parrot answered:
eyes, I; and I know how to do it yer!
well"
And then he made the chuck, chuck
cllltck, three or four times that peOpl
use to make to chickens when they call
II sat down the words of this dia
logue," continues Sir William, "iust a
Prince Maurice said them to me.
asked him in what language the parrO
conversed, and he said IN Brazilian.
asked him whether he understood Bra
lillian. H said no; but he had taker
care to have two Interpreters with hin
one Dutchman who spoke Brazilian
and the other a BRAZILIAN who spok
Dutch; that he asked them separated,
and privately, and both Of than agrees
in telling him just the same thing tina
the parrot said"
"rhe other story says the historian
venerable correspondent, ais from tn
English travels Of Don Manuel Esprielll
He tells how the English roasted thei
enormous joints of meat by means OF
wheel turned by dogs, and how thes
dogs, belonging to a breed called turn
splits, were trained by putting a burnin
csal ID such a way that the dog had
run to keep from burning his Leg
These dogs says Don Manuel, are b
no means fond Of their profession; it !
indeed hard work to run in q wheel 70
two or three hours, turning a piece {
meat twice their own weight. 1t is toll
OF the dogs IN Bath that on Sunday
when they had as usual followed the.
mistresses to church, the lesson for til
day happened to be that chapter {
Ezekiel wherein the self-moving chariot
are described. When the first wor
wheel vas pronounced al the cul
picked mp their ears in alarm; at ii
second wheel they set up a doletul how
and when the dreadful word was uttere
for the third time every one OF the
scampered out of church as fast as
could, with his tail between his legs